Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Colquitt Turns Tyler’s Flank

11:00 A.M.

By Bernard Fisher, December 13, 2014

1. Colquitt Turns Tyler’s Flank Marker

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Colquitt Turns Tyler’s Flank. 11:00 A.M.. “I at once saw the enemy outnumbered us, as they were in double lines, and extended beyond our right. I immediately asked for reinforcements, but was informed they could not be furnished. Colonel Webb, who has remained in front for some moments, started back, promising to bring up reinforcements if he could obtain them, but he returned in a short time without them. The rapid and incessant ﬁre of our men prevented the enemy from advancing, although they made several attempts to do so.” . . “After holding our position for nearly or perhaps quite an hour, reports reached me that our ammunition was being exhausted, many of the men supplying themselves from the dead and wounded. About this time, I discovered that the enemy was advancing and extending farther to our right. I sent for ammunition twice without being able to obtain it.” . . (captions) . (upper left) Brigadier General Erastus Tyler chronicled in his comprehensive official report all that took place on that historical, infamous day. . (upper right) Map by Captain John Bigelow 1928 . (lower right) Later, Edwin Forbes would sketch that horrible day…May 3rd. Wounded soldiers were rescued from the hellish haze of smoke that darkened and obscured the burning woods. . Images courtesy S.H.A. and Library of Congress-2014

“I at once saw the enemy outnumbered us, as they were in double lines, and extended beyond our right. I immediately asked for reinforcements, but was informed they could not be furnished. Colonel Webb, who has remained in front for some moments, started back, promising to bring up reinforcements if he could obtain them, but he returned in a short time without them. The rapid and incessant ﬁre of our men prevented the enemy from advancing, although they made several attempts to do so.”

“After holding our position for nearly or perhaps quite an hour, reports reached me that our ammunition was being exhausted, many of the men supplying themselves from the dead and wounded. About this time, I discovered that the enemy was advancing and extending farther to our right. I sent for ammunition twice without being able to obtain it.”

(captions)
(upper left) Brigadier General Erastus Tyler chronicled in his comprehensive official report all that took place on that historical, infamous day.
(upper right) Map by Captain John Bigelow 1928
(lower right) Later, Edwin Forbes would sketch that horrible day…May 3rd. Wounded soldiers were rescued from the hellish haze of smoke that darkened and obscured the burning woods.Images courtesy S.H.A. and Library

By Bernard Fisher

2. Elys Ford Rd (facing north)

of Congress-2014

Erected 2014.

Location. 38° 19.377′ N, 77° 38.714′ W. Marker is in Chancellorsville, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County. Marker is on Elys Ford Road (County Route 610) 0.4 miles north of US Ford Road (County Route 616), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fredericksburg VA 22407, United States of America.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on December 14, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on December 14, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.

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